Lead Engineer

**Wellington/Auckland**based opportunity
- Banking benefits, health insurance, flexible working options and more
- Join our growing Digital & Technology Team

**This is us. Where making an impact matters.**

Kiwibank is looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to work in our Digital Workplace Security Services (DWSS) product area, within our Enterprise Technology Hub.

As the DWSS Lead Engineer at Kiwibank, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our technology landscape. Your influence will extend far beyond code and systems—it’s about inspiring and guiding your team toward excellence.
- You’ll lead a talented group of engineers, ensuring our enterprise security systems are robust and follow industry best practice. As a key member of the leadership team, you will be collaborating closely with the Principal Engineer, Principal Architect, and Product Manager to define the strategic direction of Kiwibank’s security and governance technologies.
Your platforms will be critical to the safety of the bank, assisting our information security, data governance and corporate teams. This is your opportunity to take ownership, amplify our security systems, and contribute to our technology hub’s goal of providing the best experience for our people and partners.

And yes, it’s a hands-on role with an on-call component. Join us on this exciting journey

**This is us. Where your expertise matters.**
- Key skills and experience we’re looking for:_
- Attitude Amplified: We’re all about seizing opportunities, even in the face of challenges. Your positive outlook and willingness to take ownership will drive us forward.
- Aspirational Leadership: Inspire others by painting a vivid picture of what’s possible. Your vision will ignite passion and drive across the team.
- People-Centric Focus: Our people are our heartbeat. You’ll champion their needs, ensuring our solutions deliver an effortless workplace experience.
- Automation Advocacy: Scripting and automation are your allies. Share this mindset with your team, fostering efficiency and scalability.
- Regulatory Savvy: If you’ve navigated the intricacies of banking or other highly regulated environments, you’re a step ahead.
- Master Communicator: Your ability to convey complex ideas with clarity is paramount.
- Project Maestro: Successful projects? You’ve got a track record, and we want to hear about it.
- Technical Experience required:_
- Experienced with all aspects of human and machine identity in a large, complex, highly regulated environment. You will be responsible for cloud and on premises directories. Implementing and maintaining identity governance and privileged access management technologies should be second nature.
- Experience managing EDR systems in a heterogeneous environment.
- Experience managing cloud infrastructure with Terraform and leveraging APIs for complex system integrations.
- Proven ability to guide and develop team members in an Agile and/or DevOps environment. You will be responsible for Platform Engineers, SREs and QA Engineers so must assist each specialty and work to ensure they collaborate effectively.
- Security mindset. You have extensive experience working alongside information security and/or data governance teams and understand their considerations when implementing systems.
- Strong experience with at least one programming or scripting language
- You will be comfortable working in an agile delivery environment, helping your squads and our delivery managers plan sprints as well as larger, multi quarter initiatives.

**This is us. Where you and your whānau matter.**

We want you to get the most out of work and life, so you will have the option to explore flexible working arrangements that suit both your needs and ours. We now also offer one wellbeing day a quarter to ensure our people are taken care of and can bring their best selves to work. Our great range of **benefits**include health and life cover, discounted banking, insurance products and an incredible package for new parents.

We are proud to be a **certified B Corporation**, a **Pride Pledge**Partner and we are the first bank in Aotearoa to get the **Gender Tick**. We are also an **accredited Living Wage employer.**

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**At Kiwibank we are all about making Kiwi better off**

For an idea about what life is like at Kiwibank and some of the benefits we offer make sure to check out the attached video